Short Description

Rocaltrol (generic name: calcitriol) is a synthetic form of vitamin D.

Rocaltrol is used:

in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism and resultant metabolic bone disease in patients with moderate to severe chronic renal failure not yet on dialysis;
in the management of hypocalcemia and the resultant metabolic bone disease in patients undergoing chronic renal dialysis;
in the management of hypocalcemia and its clinical manifestations in patients with postsurgical hypoparathyroidism, idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, and pseudohypoparathyroidism.